a delicious blend of hand drawn illustrations, oil paintings and digital works. Media toppings include: graphite, pen and ink, conte, chalk, photoshop, flash, painter
![Rococo Dragon](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/drawing/rococo_dragon.jpg "Rococo Dragon -- Ink & Paper + PS -- "Let them eat peasants who have eaten cake." Marie Antoinette as a dragon...<br>Available for purchase <a href="http://www.imagekind.com/Rococo-Dragon-art?IMID=44ae27a7-19a0-4f41-8a31-054b56b0d862"> HERE </a>")
![Corporations R Sheeple 2!](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/drawing/corpsheeplebumper.jpg "Corporations R Sheeple 2! -- Vector<br>Available for purchase <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/artalogic/gifts?cg=196283283937073392"> HERE </a>")
![The Existential Egg (variant revisit)](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/drawing/the_existential_egg_revisit.jpg "The Existential Egg -- Ink on paper, colored in Photoshop (6” x 10”)<br> intent: ExistentialEgg is my online moniker and I felt like visualizing it. Available for purchase <a href="http://www.imagekind.com/The-Existential-Egg_art?IMID=c6485a82-49de-40bc-9472-7bd03183c8ae"> HERE </a>")
![Zoo of Cthulhu (variant revisit)](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/drawing/zoo_of_cthulhu_variant.jpg "Zoo of Cthulhu -- Ink & Graphite on paper, colored in Photoshop<br> intent: The Great Old One may be startled by flash photography and you are advised to avoid eye contact for your mind may recoil in madness. Next up: the Shoggoth exhibit. Available for purchase <a href="http://www.imagekind.com/Zoo-of-Cthulhu_art?IMID=3da7a444-c5ac-4ddd-bf16-67ad395e3ce5"> HERE </a>")
![Deer's, Where Everyone Knows You're Game](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/drawing/deers_where_everyone_knows_youre_game_new_artalogic.jpg "Deer's, Where Everyone Knows You're Game -- Digital Painting <br> intent: An homage to Cheers mixed with a sly wink to Nighthawks. Also... I've always loved those dogs playing poker paintings and this is probably as close as I'll get to that. Available for purchase <a href="http://www.imagekind.com/Deers-Where-Everyone-Knows-Youre-Game_art?IMID=0201fa07-41e4-46b6-8ce3-c05a847e45e9"> HERE </a>")
![Beware the Kraken](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/drawing/beware_the_kraken_artalogic.jpg "Beware the Kraken! -- Vector Poster<br> The Kraken is notorious for his plumber's butt. Beware! <br>"No new horror can be more terrible than the daily torture of the commonplace." HP Lovecraft Available for purchase <a href="http://www.imagekind.com/Beware-the-Kraken_art?IMID=7e8356b1-c005-429b-97f7-29c0c63d18f7"> HERE </a>")
![Vegan Zombie Wants Your Grains](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/drawing/vegan_zombie_wants_your_grains_artalogic.jpg "Vegan Zombie is a Vegan for life and wants to eat your grains! Available for purchase <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/artalogic/gifts?cg=196041284723105962"> HERE </a>")
![Cross Sectional Top Hat](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/drawing/cross-sectional-top-hat-artalogic-ben-miller.jpg "The world inside a top hat. Available for purchase <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/artalogic/gifts?cg=196088044796979254"> HERE </a>")
![Hipster Hercules](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/drawing/hipster_hercules_artalogic_ben_miller.jpg "Hipster Hercules was a superhero before it was cool. You've probably never heard of him. Available for purchase <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/artalogic/gifts?cg=196821862406228651"> HERE </a>")
![Board Don't Hit Back](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/drawing/boards_dont_hit_back_artalogic.jpg "This is an homage to Bruce Lee and my favorite scene from Enter The Dragon. Bruce stares at O'hara with a steely gaze, unimpressed with O'hara's bravado. Knowing that he will beat this man he cooly states, "Boards.... Don't hit back." Available for purchase <a href="http://www.imagekind.com/Boards-Dont-Hit-Back_art?IMID=c5ecd329-458c-4dcc-a14a-c1ebb94a5276"> HERE </a>")
![Push It Real Good](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/drawing/pushit_ben_miller_artalogic_med.gif "A whale doing push ups. What more needs to be said? Available for purchase <a href="http://www.imagekind.com/Push-It-Real-Good-Whale-Pushups_art?IMID=a172ac68-1d72-4ab0-b68a-77a64db484ea"> HERE </a>")
<br> intent: Thousands of years ago our ancestors foretold of the end... of Thirst! MAYANade is available in these Apocalyptic Flavors: Conquistaberry, Beating Heart, a-Maize-ing, MesoAmericola MAYANade will rip your heart out and fill it with ELECTROLYTES! Coming soon to retailers near you.<br> <a href="http://artalogic.imagekind.com"><img src="http://www.imagekind.com/images/buttons/buy_my_art.gif" alt="Buy my art at ImageKind.com." border="0"></a>")
<br> intent: The Great Old One may be startled by flash photography and you are advised to avoid eye contact for your mind may recoil in madness. Next up: the Shoggoth exhibit.<br> <a href="http://existentialegg.deviantart.com/" > <img src="http://artalogic.com/assets/images/deviantart_logo.png" alt="Buy this on deviantART"> </a>")
<br> intent: The poor fish has been out of water for so long that it is growing a beard.<br> <a href="http://artalogic.imagekind.com"><img src="http://www.imagekind.com/images/buttons/buy_my_art.gif" alt="Buy my art at ImageKind.com." border="0"></a>")
![The Amish Avenger](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/drawing/amish-avenger.jpg "The Amish Avenger -- Ink on paper, colored in Photoshop (6” x 10”)<br> intent:This is an idea I've had for awhile now. I'm not exactly sure what I want to do with it yet... a game or maybe a comic or perhaps just a series of drawings. I like the idea of an Amish man being driven to embrace violence in a robot controlled distopia. Available for purchase <a href="http://www.imagekind.com/The-Amish-Avenger_art?IMID=bd2ba14b-25f0-40a3-9a21-105e1aa11df7"> HERE </a>")
![Vlad the Merry-Go-Impaler](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/drawing/vlad_the_merry_go_impaler.jpg "Vlad the Merry-Go-Impaler -- graphite on paper, colored in Photoshop (8.5” x 11”)<br> intent: The Romanian Prince remains dour-faced at his new amusement park. I intentionally misrepresented proportions and perspective in this. I wanted it to resemble the work of Byzantine artists and their disregard for realistic portrayals. The table for instance is at an absurd angle and the horses would be gigantic in reality. Vlad must disapprove of my artistic liberties. That explains his grouchy face.<br> <a href="http://artalogic.imagekind.com"><img src="http://www.imagekind.com/images/buttons/buy_my_art.gif" alt="Buy my art at ImageKind.com." border="0"></a>")
![Mother](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/drawing/Mother.jpg "Mother -- graphite & colored pencil on paper (7.25” x 7.25”)<br> intent: awww... look at the cute little baby. I tried to turn this one into a painting and I got incredibly frustrated. I gave up on this idea as a painting, started flinging paint everywhere and made "Things Unsaid," one of my abstract paintings.")
![Dancer Revisited](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/drawing/Dancer_Revisited.jpg "Dancer Revisited -- graphite & ink on paper (7” x 8.5”)<br> intent: I wanted to age one of my paintings and see where the character would be. This is inspired from my painting, "Dancers." He's now alone and pondering the life that only exists in his mind. He stopped dancing and put on some weight as well.")
![Diogenes is my dog!](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/drawing/diogenes_tshirt.jpg "Diogenes is my dog! -- ink on paper with digital enhancements (8” x 11”)<br>intent: to pay homage to my role model and favorite philosopher. It is said that to truly understand Cynicism you have to be born a cynic.<br><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/poo_tees">Buy This T-Shirt!</a>")
![The Long Embrace](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/painting/the-long-embrace.jpg "The Long Embrace -- oil on board (12” x 16”)<br> intent: create a symbolic representation of love. It is the union of two beings: the left masculine, the right feminine. <a href="http://artalogic.imagekind.com"><img src="http://www.imagekind.com/images/buttons/buy_my_art.gif" alt="Buy my art at ImageKind.com." border="0"></a>")
![Flesh and Fireworks](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/painting/Flesh-and-Fireworks.jpg "Flesh and Fireworks -- oil on canvas (25” x 46”)<br> intent: I approached this one as if I was painting a color abstract. I wanted the shapes to be organic but not necessarily focused as "figures" in the composition.")
![Fusion](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/painting/Fusion.jpg "Fusion -- oil on canvas (35” x 46”)<br> intent: This painting was born after I read the book, "Holographic Universe," by Michael Talbot. It is about the holographic theory, the idea that everything is contained within itself. I wanted to combine a lot of different elements that don't quite fit together and unify them.")
![Madonna and Child](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/painting/Madonna-and-Child.jpg "Madonna and Child -- oil on canvas (11” x 17”)<br> intent: make a figurative abstract. I wanted to see how abstract in design I could make it but still have a hint of figures. Plus most artists always made a "Madonna & Child" piece at sometime in their career so I wanted to have a crack at it.")
![New Age Beauty](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/painting/New-Age-Beauty.jpg "New Age Beauty -- oil on canvas (27” x 20”)<br> intent: after creating "Fusion" I wanted to make another figurative surreal compilation. I like the idea of implying one object by the placement of an entirely different object.")
![River Road](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/painting/River-Road.jpg "River Road -- oil on canvas (25” x 16”)<br> intent: a view from my hometown. I used to "hang" out on River Road so I created this as an homage to my roots. Straightforward landscape is a rarity for me.")
![Things Unsaid](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/painting/Things-Unsaid.jpg "Things Unsaid -- oil & acrylic on canvas (27” x 30”)<br> intent: I had originally intended to translate the illustration, "Mother" into a painting but I was becoming increasingly frustrated. I ended up going crazy on it. I placed it on the floor and started to through paint on it in a Pollockesque frenzy. Then after that layer dried I went into it and pulled out specific areas.")
![Togetherness](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/painting/Togetherness.jpg "Togetherness -- oil on canvas (30” x 20”)<br> intent: turn a landscape painting into a surreal composition. I wanted to use the clouds to form organic shapes. The title is referring to the two "figures" in the clouds embracing.")
![Sightings of the Weird and Obscure](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/digital/skribble-contest-sightings-of-the-weird-and-obscure-small.jpg "Sightings of the Weird and Obscure: a quarterly publication -- sketched in Flash, painted in Photoshop <br> intent: Witness decries, “Holy Mackerel! I ain’t never seen no oddity like that there varmit before! Git mah shotgun!” This is for the Skribble Contest challenge. I wanted to really let loose and come up with a bizarre image. <br> <a href="http://existentialegg.deviantart.com/" > <img src="http://artalogic.com/assets/images/deviantart_logo.png" alt="View Ben Miller's profile on deviantART"> </a>")
![[art?] How Much is That Barcode in the Window?](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/digital/product_id.jpg "[art?] How Much is That Barcode in the Window? -- Corel Painter & Photoshop<br> intent: When does art stop being art and start being consumerism? This is a barcode translation of "art?”. Being an American seems to be about spending so I wanted to make sure I had some art that would easily fit into the mold of product inventory.<br> <a href="http://artalogic.imagekind.com"><img src="http://www.imagekind.com/images/buttons/buy_my_art.gif" alt="Buy my art at ImageKind.com." border="0"></a>")
![Capitalism Postcard](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/digital/Capitalism-Postcard.jpg "Capitalism Postcard -- Flash & Photoshop<br> intent: created for "Lincoln Picture Postcards" - 02/09 (postcard art exhibit) Millikin Unniversary, IL. The challenge was to interpret a quote from Abraham Lincoln. I decided to make it about Capitalism and my cynicism towards it.")
![Embryonic Blues](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/digital/Embryonic-Blues.jpg "Embryonic Blues -- Photoshop<br> intent: it is precisely what it implies. It is about life being formed but also feeling an existential sense of isolation in its creation. Or if you want to be humorous about it you can call it "Chicken Fetus in a Blender." More creationist work... I must have a God complex.")
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![Carnival Fever](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/digital/Carnival-Fever-.jpg "Carnival Fever -- Photoshop<br> intent: I wanted this to feel like the poster work from the 70's; a little funky, a little psychedelic. This was a very fun piece to work on. If you look closely it's actually a variation of "embryonic blues"")
![Ode to Pop Art](http://artalogic.com/compendium/wp-content/gallery/digital/Ode-to-Pop-Art.jpg "Ode to Pop Art -- Photoshop<br> intent: display an explosion of poppy mirth. I rarely do "pop" style things and it's easily arguable that this isn't really the minimalist pop movement on display. Perhaps the title is me being sarcastic, or perhaps deep down inside I yearn to make prints of Campbell's Soup cans and wear a white wig... I am from the Pittsburgh area. Just call me Warhol Jr.")
